An international team of researchers led by scientists from the Max Planck Harvard Research Center for the Ancient ...

Scientists have unraveled how an early form of Bronze Age plague that differed from the Black Death spread across Europe.

For centuries, the quiet banks of the Tollense River in northern Germany seemed ordinary, until new research revealed traces ...

Bronze Age arrowheads have helped cast new light on an early large-scale battle over 3,000 years ago. Previous investigations in the Tollense Valley in northeastern Germany have uncovered evidence of ...

Scientists investigating an ancient mystery have uncovered the first evidence that a Bronze Age strain of plague infected livestock, not just humans. During the Middle Ages, a devastating outbreak of ...

We have no written evidence about how people lived in Europe during the Bronze Age (2300–800 BCE), so archaeologists piece together their world from the artefacts and materials they left behind.

Russell has a PhD in the history of medicine, violence, and colonialism. His research has explored topics including ethics, science governance, and medical involvement in violent contexts. Russell has ...

An international team of researchers, including U of A archaeologist Taylor Hermes, has found the first evidence of a Bronze Age plague infection in a non-human host. The discovery provides a missing ...

Metal arrowheads found in Germany’s Tollense Valley shed light on who may have fought in the ancient conflict around 1250 B.C. This skull segment contains an embedded arrowhead from the oldest battle ...

Archaeologists are revealing the long-lost secrets of the real First World War – a series of conflicts that unfolded across much of Europe, the Mediterranean, North Africa and the Middle East some 32 ...